bucket ladder
noun
- a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- (as modifier)a bucket-ladder dredger
Words nearby bucket ladder
bucker,
bucket,
bucket about,
bucket brigade,
bucket conveyor,
bucket ladder,
bucket list,
bucket out,
bucket seat,
bucket shop,
bucket truck
Example sentences from the Web for bucket ladder
A suction dredger being unsuited to the work, a bucket-ladder dredger was employed.